The great exception, though, is Miss Honey, who quickly recognizes Matilda’s intellectual gifts and becomes her champion.

These Matilda role-play resources are fantastic for encouraging your children to get into character in your classroom. That's because, since the Matildas winger started playing football, her grandmother would give her a ribbon to match her kit each season. Matildas' Ellie Carpenter wears a strip of blue pre-wrap thick across her hair, while Alanna Kennedy rolls hers into a thin band.Lashana Lynch, best known for her roles in action blockbusters like No Time to Die, The Woman King and Captain Marvel, plays the character with warmth and sweetness. It has become a popular hair accessory for female athletes after referees wouldn't allow them to wear plastic headbands or clips to pull their hair back due to injury risks. Role-play exercises like this are great for encouraging children to use their imagination and creative skills, as well as developing their confidence and speaking skills. As I learned to crochet and got comfortable modifying patterns, I began to enjoy hats again because I could actually make it to fit my own size! And when he gets one, he lets his disdain show, misgendering her and treating her less like a person and more like a piece of furniture.

The black and white version is useful for saving money on colour printing, and also offers the opportunity for children to decorate the headbands themselves. Not only do the accessories help the women differentiate from one another, but they also help audiences spot who's who when watching on. Fantastic fun and perfect for encouraging your children to really take on their roles, role-play headbands are an absolute must for any theme. The sheer strip of material is, in fact, a thin medical gauze, known as pre-wrap, used to put around injured knees or ankles before adding tape. When I wear a winter hat, it frequently makes me too warm, and my head starts to sweat under the hat.

She’s very mature for her age — she’s a kid, in the body of a child, but she has the mentality of an adult. Headbands are wonderful in the spring or fall, when you want a little bit of coverage against the wind but don’t want to get too warm.

I just really like the character because first of all, she’s really kind and loving, but she’s very courageous — she’s brave. Give your pupils a different character headband and get them to take it in turns to sit in the middle of a circle. When Alisha Weir was first told she’d be playing Matilda in Roald Dahl’s Matilda the Musical, she happy-cried.

I realized a couple of years ago that my handmade hat collection was getting a little out of hand… so I switched to headbands instead! There are lots of great ways that you can use this great resource when teaching Matilda to your pupils. I still enjoy wearing a cute beanie all day, don’t get me wrong, but in these awkward in-between seasons I’m more likely to reach for a headband while I’m running out the door!

cozy crochet patterns in this Winter issue from sweaters and mittens to home decor and gift ideas - everything you need for Christmas into Winter!US player Alex Morgan began wearing pink pre-wrap as a headband so her parents could spot her playing on the field. Between her nasty parents and the notorious school principal, there aren’t a lot of kind adults in Matilda’s life. Mary Fowler wears her black gloves; while players including Ellie Carpenter and Hayley Raso add things to their hair.